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events:
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-05-17/"
    start: "2025-05-17T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-17T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-17/"
    start: "2025-05-17T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-17T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Grange Hall Contra Dance
    details: "Sponsored by The Vineyard Preservation Trust \nCommunity & Public Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall as part of the fundraising campaign to restore/rejuvenate the historic Hall. No partner or need to know how!"
    links:
      - "https://vineyardtrust.org/events/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/grange-hall-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-05-22T18:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-22T20:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: West Tisbury
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Flying Elbows
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: donation
    organisation: Vineyard Preservation Trust
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-23/"
    start: "2025-05-23T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-23T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Northwoods
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-28/"
    start: "2025-05-28T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-28T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Gender-Free Dance Camp
    links:
      - "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2025.html"
    start_date: 2025-06-06
    end_date: 2025-06-08
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Calico
      - Northwoods
    callers:
      - Mary Wesley
      - Chris Ricciotti
    price: $150-$400
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Balfolk in the Berkshires
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/view/berkshirefolkarts/home"
    start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-15T11:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: North Adams
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: Berkshire Folk Arts
    source: events/usa/north_adams.yaml
  - name: July Fourth
    links:
      - "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"
    start_date: 2025-06-26
    end_date: 2025-06-30
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Mary Wesley
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra
    links:
      - "https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"
    start_date: 2025-06-30
    end_date: 2025-07-04
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Frost and Fire
    callers:
      - Anna Rain
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
      - Kat Dutton
    price: $345-$467
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: American Dance & Music Week
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week/"
    start: "2025-07-19T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-07-26T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Stringrays
      - Jet Bridge
    callers:
      - Janine Smith
      - Michael Karcher
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Harmony of Song & Dance
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2025-07-26
    end_date: 2025-08-02
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Adina Gordon
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: "Campers' Week"
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/campers-week-at-pinewoods/"
    start: "2025-08-16T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-08-23T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $750-$1400
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: TradMaD
    links:
      - "http://minstrelrecords.com/tradmad/"
    start_date: 2025-08-23
    end_date: 2025-08-29
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend
    links:
      - "https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html"
    start_date: 2025-08-29
    end_date: 2025-09-02
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml